Dial 1298 Nairobi, Lagos anyone?

WorldChanging reports on Dial 1298 an emergency service that serves the city of Mumbai:

1298's ambulances provide reliable 24x7 emergency medical service to the residents of Mumbai. Its business model uses a sliding price scale driven by ability to pay, which is determined by the kind of hospital to which patients choose to be taken. 1298 has recently begun to experiment with the innovative use of solar panels to help generate and save valuable energy needed to power the onboard equipment of its ambulances

A service ripe for rolling out in Nairobi,Lagos etc..

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